Natural Baikal water
Artificial Baikal water
Artificial Baikal water with 70μМ silicate
Date (months)
1
2
3
Dimension
Mean length (µm)
120.5
167.8
193.0
116.8
160.5
186.2
121.8
169.0
193.5
standard deviation
±16.7
±8.7
±6.0
±13.5
±16.6
±4.63
±16.98
±12.73
±3.60
Mean diameter (µm)
5.0
6.4
7.0
4.5
5.9
6.3
6.0
8.5
9.0
±0.6
±0.2
±0.68
±0.07
±0.09
±0.90
±0.42
±0.10
Number of spicules observed by SEM
28
27
25
24
22
29
